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New CBeebies show has pissed me right off

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RednaxelasPony · 04/02/2019 22:15

Moon and Me.

One female character, who happens to be a tiny little dolly? Give me a break.

Upsy Daisy the token female was bad enough on Night Garden but this is a total joke!

It's 2019 for fuck's sake, can we not just have 50/50 male and female characters for our toddler's bedtime TV shows? Would it really be so hard for the writers to do that?

Feel like I want to actually complain to the BBC Angry

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StealthPolarBear · 04/02/2019 23:10

Isn't 64 zoo Lane still on? And the toy doctor? And Rosie?

Cattenberg · 04/02/2019 23:09

I wonder if the makers of Go Jetters thought that the programme wouldn’t appeal to boys if there were more female characters?

At least Biggleton smashes gender stereotypes. And 10 month old DD loves the Biggle Wiggle.

DML13 · 04/02/2019 23:06

I recently got rid of our TV. My boy was addicted to Paw Patrol, an 8 year old megalomaniac ordering puppies around who address him as 'Sir' and the female puppy character was always the last to be called to help the team! We now read books and listen to music instead. Can't say I've missed the TV either! Cancelling my TV package....now that's another story!

tessiegirl · 04/02/2019 22:54

You saddos. Get a grip.

RolyRocks · 04/02/2019 22:53

The cynic in me saw the program as one big marketing gig: I can see —creepy— glow moon babies, dollhouses and dolls with light up clothes coming soon to shelves near you!!! Grin

RussellSprout · 04/02/2019 22:48

So Everest gets the part time role? How very stereotypical.

GroggyLegs · 04/02/2019 22:46

Maddie on 'Do You Know' is good too, although DH is far too keen to watch it with the DC Hmm

Badgerthebodger · 04/02/2019 22:45

I do love Katie and her machines and that blonde woman with the lovely hair on Do You Know

GroggyLegs · 04/02/2019 22:44

I didn't notice the feminist angle, but Moon & Me was creepy AF.
The clown in a bag under the stairs? ((shudder))

Badgerthebodger · 04/02/2019 22:43

I looked it up, in case anyone couldn’t go to sleep until we found out. Everest is a girl but not a full time Paw Patrol member

littlecabbage · 04/02/2019 22:43

Hooray for Katie (sp?) and her amazing machines, Nina and the neurons, and the woman who presents Footy Pups.

Cherrypi · 04/02/2019 22:43

Go Jetters bothers me for this too. Only one girl in a regular cast of six.

littlecabbage · 04/02/2019 22:42

Go Jetters irritates me. I love the educational value of the programme and at least the female character is the pilot, but why is she the only female out of 4 Go Jetters, their mentor and the baddie (Glitch)?

ChesterGreySideboard · 04/02/2019 22:42

This kind of crap ends up with writers forgetting to give female characters and characteristics other than ‘girl’; like we have with the current Doctor Who. Her character was so thin. All she was was female.

HouseyMcHouseFace · 04/02/2019 22:40

Don’t send them a letter op - the characters are half female. There are so many shitty shows where females are underrepresented but I really don’t think this is one.

Mysterian · 04/02/2019 22:39

The Tombliboo called Eee is female.

(It was somewhat terrifying to search Google for "tombliboo sex" but it was fine!)

Other questions asked about In The Night Garden included "Is Upsy Daisy a person in a suit?" Hmm

NothingOnTellyAgain · 04/02/2019 22:38

Not seen it for years

Happy memories

Theme tune makes me well up

Dd2 still asks me to do roundy roundy on her hand and say the bit about the boat. She is nearly 10!

Having kids has made me way soppier than I used to be

Anyhoo sorry for sidetrack

Send them a stinker of a letter op

Badgerthebodger · 04/02/2019 22:38

RussellSprout

Oh I didn’t know! Which one is Everest? Is it one of the dogs?

HouseyMcHouseFace · 04/02/2019 22:38

Paw Patrol is fucking awful for it. Skye was such a bloody afterthought and then the girl and the cat working in a cat beauty parlour. Then they finally introduce Sweetie who just wants to be a princess. Ffs.

HouseyMcHouseFace · 04/02/2019 22:37

I take the back, the plant is a girl too.

HouseyMcHouseFace · 04/02/2019 22:36

I’ve just looked at the character list on the CBeebies website - 6 main characters, 3 girls, 3 boys. One plant who appears to not have a sex. CBeebies is generally pretty good for female representation.

Dermymc · 04/02/2019 22:36

www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/moon-and-me-meet-the-characters

There's more she's than he's, and an agendered lamb.

NothingOnTellyAgain · 04/02/2019 22:36

Pinky ponk looked like a huge tit.

Poss female.

RussellSprout · 04/02/2019 22:34

Aren't there 2 female paw patrol characters? Everest and Skye?

CleverWittyUsername · 04/02/2019 22:34

I noticed something irritating in Bitz and Bobs the other day, it's great there's a main female character - but catchphrase is 'steampink' Hmm why does it need to be pink? Why not just let her be cool with steampunk as is?

The Nick Jr stuff is terrible for it as well, not just bloody Paw Patrol. Nella - ok strong, helpful etc, but her armour has to have a pink heart on. The girl on Rusty Rivets is inventing stuff, great, but again has something like a heart or flower on her top whereas the boy has a lightning bolt.

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